Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] n't [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Friday evening , we were visited by six or seven of the Chinese participants in the Friendship Hotel , and chatted with them in a relaxed manner , although they did n't seem keen on accepting whisky ! |
| 2 | Terry and Tom said that they did n't want any food and when they asked Brian , he refused to answer . |
| 3 | Despite the elderly couple repeatedly telling salesmen Eric Stewart that they did n't want any windows he continued his talk and demonstration until 11pm . |
| 4 | And they insisted that they did n't want more drink simply because they 'd been drinking but because they just , well , wanted it . |
| 5 | I rang Transend to ask about a registered copy , but they informed me that they did n't register that game , but that I should just write out cheque for the amount a cross out the £ and pout $ . |
| 6 | Well we were disappointed in the Good Report because er they did say it was one of the major issues , and yet they said that they did n't think any sweep in changes are needed which rather erm contradicted the earlier part of our report , we would have thought there were erm changes needed . |
| 7 | ‘ After all , you do n't find conductors like Toscanini , De Sabata and Mitropoulos wasting their time on a work that they did n't think worthy of their efforts . ’ |
| 8 | In the end , where it was necessary to decide compromises , with such issues as who could use women 's and lesbian and gay centres , behaviours often had to be allocated the moral high ground on highly pragmatic criteria : that they were private , or that they did n't involve conspicuous clothing , for instance . |
| 9 | They were soulless little beings , numerous and uniform , no more than a commercial product bred to a standard , and Reynolds was slightly disturbed to find that they did n't evoke any feeling of sympathy from him . |
| 10 | Debbie was upset that they did n't spend all their time here with her . ’ |
| 11 | They all agreed to this , and they became so occupied looking for ivy on the walls alongside the lane that they did n't see two boys suddenly come racing round the bend just by Miss Miggs 's cottage . |
| 12 | She caught a glimpse of the ruffled bed beyond , noted his tousled hair and hastily tied robe , covering very little of his tanned torso , and wished quite desperately that they did n't hate each other . |
| 13 | At first , sailors used to sail along the coast and stay within sight of land so that they did n't get lost . |
| 14 | Parapsychologists have always complained that they did n't get enough funding , Randi says , so this was an ideal opportunity to put them to the test . |
| 15 | Robyn gripped the fountain until her knuckles whitened and spoke with a great deal of effort , concentrating on forming her words so that they did n't sound slurred . |
| 16 | The Board of Guardians replied that they did n't have any isolation hospital and were unable to accept liability . |
| 17 | But anyway , they allowed this that they did n't have any further use for it that I could have it . |
| 18 | It would seem that they did n't use such a device . ’ |
| 19 | In the dark he cut across the grass by the tractor-shed , then back behind a row of buildings where there was an old cow-byre that they did n't use any more except for storing stuff . |
| 20 | I got the impression that they did n't know each other all that well , that the marriage was fairly recent . ’ |
| 21 | I used to unyoke and make a wisp of straw and wisp her all over , rub all the sweat off so they did n't take cold , you see . |
| 22 | no and they did n't pay much attention , they always seem intimidated of us |
| 23 | and they heard this crack , and they did n't think much about it , just as , Rita said what you doing ? |
| 24 | And they did n't do that for you . ’ |
| 25 | You did n't do very well over the weekend , did you , 'cos I was watching them and they did n't do that well . |
| 26 | Also Keith thought he could n't have any children because he 'd been out with a girl for a year before I started going out with him and they did n't take any precautions and she never got pregnant . |
| 27 | They were ill because their clothes were not warm and they did n't have much food . |
| 28 | national vocation I I really think that it 's worse because they 've not , whereas when I was a trainee you had your six weeks on produce , your six weeks on whatever in the branch of that now and they did n't have that , they have n't got any training plan , so they 've got nothing to say well career , branch branch need here and I need to be here and I need to be here . |
| 29 | That 's right erm and of course and they did n't have that little bit of luck perhaps . |
| 30 | And they did n't have all this er legislation about redundancy money or anything then ? |